Still seeking an attitude : critical reflections on the work of June Jordan / edited by Valerie Kinloch, Margret Grebowicz.

Other author Kinloch, Valerie, 1974-
Other author Grebowicz, Margret, 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2004.
Descriptionix, 284 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Editors' introduction : "olive and us: notes for an empire of barbarians" / Margret Grebowicz and Valerie Kinloch -- Poem : "Case in point" / by June Jordan -- "This is the only time to come together" : June Jordan's publics and the possibility of democracy / Nicky Marsh -- Exposing the lie of neutrality : June Jordan's affirmative acts / Christina Accomando -- Narrating nation : exploring the space of Americaness and the place of African American women through the works of June Jordan / Ramona Coleman -- Poem : "What would I do White?" by June Jordan -- Black English as a linguistic system : a statement about our rights / Valerie Kinloch -- Telling her own truth : June Jordan, standard English, and the epistemology of ignorance / Nancy McHugh -- Notes toward a multicultural writing center : the problems of language in a democratic state / Ann E. Green -- Poem : "One minus one minus one" by June Jordan -- "Affirmative acts" : language, childhood, and power in June Jordan's cross-writing / Richard Flynn -- Taking children seriously : June Jordan's contribution to African American children's literature / KaaVonia Hinton-Johnson -- Beyond "orientation" : on sex, poetry, and the violability of children / Margret Grebowicz -- Poem : "Calling on all silent minorities" by June Jordan -- Performing "righteous certainty" : the shifting poetic address of June Jordan's war resistance poetry / Phil Metres -- June Jordan's radical pedagogy : activist poetry in public education / Kirsten Bartholomew Ortega -- Finding a democratic speech : the intercultural poetics and pedagogy of June Jordan's poetry for the people / Jonathan Stalling -- Poem : "War and memory" / by June Jordan -- Writing war, writing memory / Jane Creighton -- Words & roses / Rafael Jesús González -- June, with love / Laura Flanders -- A colored democracy : "cultural exchange" revisited / Valerie Kinloch -- Directed by desire / Sara Miles.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.
LCCN 2004009077
ISBN0739108751 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3560.O73 Z87 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold